Health Care & Hospital Law
Oct. 3, 2023
CARE Court begins with a whisper, not a bang
"We didn't know what to expect the first day, but we knew it wasn't going to be this sort of wild fanfare that some people had anticipated," said Melanie Kushnir-Pappalardo, director of the San Francisco Superior Court's Collaborative Justice Programs.
The official launch of CARE Court on Monday came with more of a whisper than a bang as petitions trickled into the seven pilot counties throughout the state who will provide non-compulsory programs designed to give those suffering from severe mental health disorders easy access to health and housing resources.
Representatives for the seven counties -- San Diego, San Francisco, Glenn, Orange, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne -- that...
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